Cracovienne Quickstep
CRACOVIENNE (QUICKSTEP). AKA - "Krakovienne," "Krakoviak." AKA and see "Jacket Trimmed in Blue," "I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue (1)," "Walk Jawbone (2)," "Alex Dice." British Isles, American; Polka or Schottishe. USA; New England, Pennsylvania. G Major {Miller & Perron}: G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & C Major ('C' and 'D' parts) {Howe}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) identifies this as an international tune which was once widely known; it has been dated by Boehme to 1842-50. Versions have been published in Germany (Boehme {p. 166, No. 264}) and the British Isles (Kerr {vol. 1, c. 1875, p. 46, and vol. 4, No. 419} and Roche {vol. 2, No. 302, an untitled set dance}), and it has been collected in Pennsylvania (Bayard) and several southern states (e.g. Ford); it is perhaps better known in America under the title "Walk Jawbone (2)." See also the blackface Minstrel variant "Ethiopian Cracovienne."
Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 48. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 34.
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X:2 T:Cracovienne,The. WES.117 M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Cracovienne Q:1/4=120 B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish Waltz etc.for the Violin, n.d.(c.1923) Z:R.Greig 2010 K:Bb (B|A).c.e.g|fd2(d|f)(3f/g/f/ .e.c.|Bd2(B|A).c.e.g|fd2(d|f)(3f/g/f/ .e.c.|{cd}cB B:| |:"f."(d|e)gbg|fd2(d|f)"p."(3f/g/f/ ec|Bd2"f."(d|e)gbg|fd2(d|f)(3f/g/f/ ec|{cd}cB B:|]
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